Tiktaalik photo by Eduard Solà, via Wikimedia Commons
Transitional Fossils
Is the Transition from Dinosaurs to Birds Recorded in the Fossil Record?
Larsson and Dececchi set out to determine from the fossil record when and how dinosaur forelimbs evolved into wings. They found that there really is no such trend. Birds appear complete and without evolutionary transitions in the fossil record.
Tiktaalik a Transitional Form?
Despite substantial differences between the fossilized fish Tiktaalik and terrestrial tetrapods, many evolutionists insist the fish was a transitional form. However, the fleshy fins of Tiktaalik do not attach to the bony pelvis and so could not support weight for walking. Furthermore, the bones in the fins of these fossil fish do not resemble digits.
Ape to Man Transition in Australopithecus sediba?
Berger put forth his hopes that Australopithecus sediba would prove to be the elusive transition between the apes and humans. Many evolutionary paleontologists were not convinced. Paleoanthropologist Tim White pointed out that the “transitional” characteristics to Homo may have been nothing more than a juvenile ape.
Articles About Transitional Fossils
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July 3, 2020 from Answers in Depth
Whale evolution is presented in most biology textbooks as absolute fact, often with inaccurate depictions of the supposed transitional forms.
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In-Depth ArticleHallucigenia Really Does Have a HeadJuly 30, 2015 from Answers in Depth
Finding an unexpected combination of traits in one animal does not demonstrate that animal is a transitional form.
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In-Depth ArticleIs “Grandfather Turtle” the Transitional Form that Puts Creationist Claims to Rest?July 23, 2015 from Answers in Depth
With Pappochelys’s shell characteristics like those of other extinct turtles and a diapsid skull, should creation scientists be having nightmares?
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In-Depth ArticleThe Latest on “Little Foot’s” Bid for Status as Humanity’s Most Ancient AncestorApril 16, 2015 from Answers in Depth
The date evolutionists report for Little Foot is old enough to keep it in the running for human ancestor, but there is no reason to consider the dates reliable.
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Magazine Department ArticleI Must Go Down to the Seas AgainApril 1, 2015 from Answers Magazine
Cartorhynchus lenticarpus, whose discovery was hailed last November, is being hailed as an evolutionary link, but this characterization is premature.
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In-Depth ArticleRodent-like Mammal Shakes the Evolutionary TreeNov. 29, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Does this giant groundhog-like animal that shared the world with dinosaurs tell us anything about how we evolved?
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In-Depth ArticleTriassic Fossil Said to be a Transitional IchthyosaurNov. 8, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Did ancient ichthyosaurs march from land to sea in Triassic China?
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In-Depth ArticleMulticellular Life Evolving in Microfossils, Evolutionists SayOct. 23, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Ancient microfossils have supposedly solved the evolutionary enigma of the Cambrian Explosion.
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Magazine Department ArticleLook at the FishOct. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
Creationists point out that shared biological structures are the common designs we would expect from our common Designer.
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Magazine Department ArticleFeet of ImaginationOct. 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
“Little Foot” is an australopithecine (southern ape), the most complete specimen yet discovered, and some say the oldest.
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Magazine Department ArticleIf Fish Could Walk . . .July 1, 2014 from Answers Magazine
Tiktaalik has been touted as evidence of how a limbless fish could turn into an amphibian.
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In-Depth ArticleJaw-Dropping Discovery in the Burgess ShaleJune 21, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Did this little fish lose a gill to build a jaw for its evolutionary descendants?
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In-Depth ArticleExtinct Carnivore Ancestor of Lions and Tigers and Bears? (Oh My!)Jan. 13, 2014 from Answers in Depth
Teeth and tarsals build an arboreal Belgian beast said to be the ancestor of cats, canines, and bears.
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In-Depth ArticleFossils Fail to Transition from Dinosaur Legs to Bird WingsOct. 8, 2013 from Answers in Depth
How did birds get their wings? This “classic major evolutionary transition” fails to take flight in the fossil record.
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Sediba Fossils Fail to Connect the Evolutionary DotsApril 20, 2013 from News to Know
Sediba fossils shuffle the deck of diversity but fail to connect the evolutionary dots.
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Fossils vs. Clocks: Both Camps Have Flawed FoundationFeb. 16, 2013 from News to Know
A study packed with anatomical data and a significant bit of whimsy attempts to explain when the ancestor of most mammals (the placental ones) evolved.
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Fossil Gap Closes More Missing LinksMarch 10, 2012 from News to Know
The gap closes but transitions are still lacking.
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New African Fossils Alter Perception of Human OriginsSept. 10, 2011 from News to Know
Paleo-jigsaw or transitional form?
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Fossil Finds Cause Little Change in Evolutionary HistorySept. 4, 2010
A new, overarching study of fossil discoveries reveals that most fossil finds cause little change in scientists’ view of evolutionary history. Why is that newsworthy for creationists?
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Is Fossil Missing Link Between Man and Monkeys?July 17, 2010
Is a fossil found in Saudi Arabia the latest “missing link” between man and monkeys? Or is it only the latest misunderstood ape-like creature?
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Magazine Department ArticleTiktaalik—Walking Off the StageJuly 1, 2010 from Answers Magazine
Fossilized footprints are causing evolutionists to rethink their beliefs about the fish Tiktaalik.
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Feedback ArticleDigging up Dirt on Ida?July 24, 2009 from Feedback
Did AiG nefariously trade on the authority of “real” scientists with our Ida coverage and imply that those scientists agreed with us on more than just the fossil?
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Did Fingers and Toes Originate From Fins?Sept. 27, 2008
Evolutionary scientists have discovered the origin of fingers and toes: fishlike creatures that swam the seas hundreds of millions of years ago. So what exactly was the science behind the discovery, which was reported in Nature?
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Book ChapterThe Origin of VertebratesApril 19, 2007 from Evolution Exposed: Biology
The evolution of organisms with complex internal skeletons is supposed to have occurred around 500 million years ago.
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Magazine Department ArticleGlee ClubMarch 12, 2007 from Answers Magazine
A chorus of secular media outlets were gloating a few weeks ago in the discovery of a supposed “missing link” between fish and land-dwelling creatures.
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Another Whale of a Tale: Creationists Without a “Whimper”?Sept. 19, 2005
The alleged evolutionary history of whales continues to be a hotly debated topic in the current creation/evolution controversy, despite what some evolutionists are saying.
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Technical Research PaperThe Fossil Record of ‘Early’ Tetrapods: Evidence of a Major Evolutionary Transition?Aug. 1, 2003, pp. 111–117
According to evolutionary theory, the origin of tetrapods from a fish-like ancestor was one of the major events in the history of life on earth.
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Technical Research PaperMammal-like Reptiles: Major Trait Reversals and DiscontinuitiesApril 1, 2001, pp. 44–52
Evolutionists repeatedly claim that their assembled chain of mammal-like reptiles shows a step-by-step morphological progression to mammals.
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Magazine ArticleThose Fossils Are a ProblemSept. 1, 1992, pp. 44–45
Dr David Pilbeam came to the attention of the scientific community as being an objective scientist when he wrote an article for Human Nature magazine, entitled, ‘Rearranging Our Family Tree’.
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